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Ascension & St Helena but did not sight Ascension having passed too far off Not so
hot today Thought I would sleep on deck
tonight again so took up my position between
the sheet blocks & was soon in the arms of
Morpheus

Mon Jany 19th 1880

266 miles 14 [degrees] 20" Lat S 0 [degrees] 5" Long W Was awakened
this morning in a hurry. Orders had been given
to take the awning down & as one end was
fastened to the sheets above where I lay I
was underneath some of the men One
fellow it appears clambered up the sky
light jumped up the boom unfastened
the awning & slid down the sheets on the
edge of my nose with his boot heel the
sole pressing my forehead He perform
ed to duties together took a reef in
the awning & another in my nose The
blood trickled down my face but I
had to jump up & laugh it off although